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Author Topic: Ground Breaking Ceremony - Stardust Drive-In Theatre Ray Brown Expert Film Handler Posts: 111 From: Dayton, WA, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 02-13-2003 11:25 PM                        Good luck. It's great to see a drive-in under construction these days instead of being demolished! I can just imagine the smell of a freshly baked pizza drifting across the lot from the snackbar!  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-14-2003 02:45 AM                        ...and hopefully it's from the snackbar and not to the snackbar. Good luck and have fun!  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-22-2003 01:05 PM                        Update: The grading contractor is almost finished. We blasted off the entire side of a hill 380' long x 22' deep (solid rock). The screen from Selby Products was delivered to the job site two weeks ago and will be put up next Thursday. Concesssions & Projection building had to be re-designed to fit within our cost projections. Bids are due back next Friday. My Simplex XL & SH1012 soundhead are at Hadden Theatre Supply in Louisville getting their "check-up" and alignment. The Component Engineering LED reader is being installed by them as well. Picked up my Strong AP-3 Platter & MUT, 4kw Xenex II Lamphouse and power supply about a month ago from Tri-State Theatre Supply in Memphis. Picked up a brand new 32oz. Gold Medal "Pop-O-Gold" popcorn machine with a bag-in-a-box oil pump system about 3 weeks ago. It's a great looking machine. Wall mounted sound rack from R.S. Engineering came in last week. FM transmitter from Broadcast Warehouse arrived about a month ago. Smart MOD II B-DIT is in and ready to go. We're meeting with the banker(s) in the morning to borrow MORE money. Not much... just an additional $112,000.00 I have added some of the construction progress photos on our web-site @ www.stardustdrivein.com - then click "PHOTOS".  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 05-22-2003 03:07 PM                     Congrats Barry! It's great to see a new ozoner going up. I know you'll do just fine. Gotta confess though, I'm a little jealous. Been working on my project for six years and it's still at the business plan stage while I wait for the landlord to say "go".  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-16-2003 11:40 AM                        Here's where we are now... only 4-5 weeks to go!!! From this....... To this.... Concessions & Projection Building started last Friday, sorry no pictures yet.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-16-2003 12:20 PM                        Barry - congratulations! Question? How big is your screen? (Trying to put the whole picture in perspective.) Those deep curves on your rows look great. A shot of the theatre on opening night full of cars will be a great postcard. On that additional money required...I can relate. We put in new seats here a year ago along with carpet, wallcoverings, etc and the total cost was nearly double the earliest estimates!  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-16-2003 12:34 PM                        The screen surface measures 25' x 60' - with the bottom of the screen 16' off the ground. There are more pictures of the on-going construction on our web-site. Stardust Drive-In Construction Photos  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 07-16-2003 12:51 PM                        quote: The screen surface measures 25' x 60' Which works out to a 2.4:1 aspect ratio when you fill the screen with a scope image. Bless you for "Caring About Composition". http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/newsletters/pytlak/spring2001.shtml  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-16-2003 05:27 PM                     Looks great!  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 07-17-2003 07:26 AM                     Best of luck, Barry. I promise to come look you up when I come to Nashville again.  |  IP: Logged Steve Anderson Expert Film Handler Posts: 168 From: Nashville, TN Registered: Feb 2000 posted 08-18-2003 07:14 AM                        I stopped by the Drive-In yesterday, everything looks like it is falling into place. From the road it was hard to tell but was that your booth ports on the far right (closest to street) I'm planning on coming up on the 27th for the free preview.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-18-2003 09:38 AM                        Yes, things are quite NUTS at our house right now. We're about 10 days from opening, and there's still alot left to be done. The building is coming along great, and this week the contractor will have it finished up. They are painting the inside of the building today, the power company is coming to hook up the permenant power today, the HVAC guys will start and finish tomorrow. They are susposed to be running the water and sewer lines on Tuesday. Coca Cola is coming on Wednesday to install their equipment. The plumbers will be setting fixtures on either Wednesday or Thursday. They are building the boxoffice/ticket booth today. We're "moving in" Thursday night, and setting the projection booth equipment on Saturday. Our projection tech will be in on Sunday afternoon to start the install, and hopefully have things ready by Monday night. Gold Medal delivered their stuff a week early, so our living room at the house is "wall to wall" with candy, popcorn, nachos, etc. We have a path from the living room to the den in-between all the boxes. We're having our first meeting with our employees tonight at the site. Don't have a clue yet as what I'm going to say. I've got to run down to the big electrical supply place in Nashville (next to the Titans Collesuim) today during lunch, to get the DC cables that run from the rectifier to the lamphouse. Yes Steve.... the ports are on the end of the building closest to the street. Stop by this weekend and I'll give you the dime tour. I will be there morning till night probably Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  |  IP: Logged Nicholas Roznovsky Expert Film Handler Posts: 156 From: College Station, TX, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-18-2003 02:42 PM                        Oh man, those last two weeks before opening are the most hectic days imaginable. They're also a lot of fun too. Good luck Barry! You'll be able to catch up on sleep in a few months!  |  IP: Logged Steve Anderson Expert Film Handler Posts: 168 From: Nashville, TN Registered: Feb 2000 posted 08-31-2003 08:59 AM                        Went to the Stardust last night and had a great time. The field was full,the popcorn hot and buttery and the cokes were perfect! Great work Barry!!!!  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-31-2003 01:25 PM                     Pictures and updates, please! Did the tv news crews do a story? How were the crowds?  |  IP: Logged

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